Physicists Just Confirmed New Form Of Atomic Nuclei And It Could Ruin Time Travel Forever

A new kind of atomic nuclei has been discovered by researchers
in a new study issued in the journal Physical Review Letters. This newly
confirmed pear-shaped, asymmetrical nuclei, was initially detected in 2013 by scientists
from CERN in the isotope Radium-224. This is atomic nuclei was also detected in
isotope Barium-144. This is a huge development because most essential theories
in physics are grounded on symmetry. This new confirmation demonstrates that it
is conceivable to hold a nuclei that has more mass on one side than the other.

Radium-224 nucleus. Image Credit: CERN

Marcus Scheck of University of the West of Scotland,
one of the authors of this recent study, said:

“This violates
the theory of mirror symmetry and relates to the violation shown in the
distribution of matter and antimatter in our Universe,”

Until now, there were only three forms of nuclei — discus,
spherical, and rugby ball. There is a precise mixture of protons and neutrons
in a definite category of atom that edicts the shape molded by the scattering
of charges within a nuclei. These all the three shapes are symmetric and approve
the current theory known as the CP-symmetry, the grouping of charge and parity
symmetry.

“It’s been proposed that a violation of CP symmetry
could have produced more matter than antimatter, but the currently known
violations are not sufficient to produce the amount of matter we see. If there
are other avenues of CP violation hidden within pear-shaped nuclei, they could
explain this mystery after all.”

This rough scattering of mass and charge in the nuclei sources
the isotope to ‘point’ in a definite direction in space-time, and the team proposes
that this could clarify why time appears to only go forward and not backward.

Marcus Scheck from the University of the West of
Scotland told Kenneth MacDonald at BBC News:

“We’ve found
these nuclei literally point towards a direction in space. This relates to a
direction in time, proving there’s a well-defined direction in time and we will
always travel from past to present,”

In the end, this recent discovery is again proves that
the Universe might not be what we believed, which will ultimately push us to a
new era of theoretical physics.

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Physicists Just Confirmed New Form Of Atomic Nuclei And It Could Ruin Time Travel Forever
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